5 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 1st grade
JLPT exam level N5
life, genuine, birth
Kun'yomi
to live, to existい き る
to make (the best) use of, to put to good use, to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.)い か す
to arrange (flowers), to plantい け る
to be bornう ま れ る
birth, birthplaceう ま れ
to give birth, to bear (child), to lay (eggs)う む -う
to be bornう ま れ る うまれ
to grow, to spring upお う
to grow, to spring up, to sproutは え る
to grow, to cultivate, to wear a beardは や す
pure, undiluted, rawき
raw, uncooked, freshな ま なま-
to bear fruitな る
to have a childな す
to grow (of moss, etc.)む す
On'yomi
life, livingセ イ
life, livingショ ウ
Nanori
あさ いき
vital, virile, livelyいく いけ
innocent, naive, unsophisticatedう ぶ うまい え おい ぎゅう くるみ ごせ さ じょう すぎ そ そう ちる なば にう にゅう
area of thick growth (of trees, grass, etc.)ふ み もう よい りゅう
Main Radical
生(KanXi)
Reading Commonality
Common Words
| い |
|---|
| 生 |
| き |
| る |
to live, to exist
| う |
|---|
| 生 |
| ま |
| れ |
| る |
to be born
| じ | ん |
|---|---|
| 人 |
| せ | い |
|---|---|
| 生 |
(human) life (i.e. conception to death)
| せ | い |
|---|---|
| 生 |
| め | い |
|---|---|
| 命 |
life, existence
| う |
|---|
| 生 |
| ま |
| れ |
| か |
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| 変 |
| わ |
| る |
to be born again, to make a fresh start in life
| う |
|---|
| 生 |
| ま |
| れ |
birth, birthplace
| め |
|---|
| 芽 |
| ば |
|---|
| 生 |
| え |
| る |
to bud, to sprout
| い |
|---|
| 生 |
| き |
| の | こ |
|---|---|
| 残 |
| る |
to survive
| い |
|---|
| 生 |
| き |
| ぬ |
|---|
| 抜 |
| く |
to live through, to survive
| い |
|---|
| 生 |
| き |
| か | た |
|---|---|
| 方 |
way of life, how to live
References
| Unicode hex code | 751F |
| JIS X 0208 | 1-32-24 |
| Nelson, A. Classic Nelson | 2991 |
| Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 3715 |
| Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 3497 |
| Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary | 4309 |
| Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) | 2179 |
| Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) | 2933 |
| Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji | 1555 |
| Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. | 1675 |
| Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage | 29 |
| O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names | 214 |
| O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji | 67 |
| Morohashi Daikanwajiten | 21670 |
| Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters | 42 |
| Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana | 44 |
| Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) | 44 |
| Sakade, F. A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese | 34 |
| Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards | 71 |
| Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. | 44 |
| Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards | 43 |
| Crowley, D. The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power | 9 |
| Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context | 49 |
| AJLT Japanese For Busy People vols I-III | 2.4 |
| Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide | 1327 |
| Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete | 1569 |
| Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code | 0a5.29 |
| Four corner code | 2510.0 |
| De Roo Code | 2472 |